Grammar Matters – So, Three Pronouns Walk Into a Bar

 

 

screen-shot-2016-09-16-at-2-18-30-pm

Grammar matters. OK, really truly, it does.  So here are some grammar matters worth sharing with fellow word nerds.  AND there’s even a little something for math geeks too.

BAR JOKES

Three pronouns walked into a bar.  She let him have it.

An interjection walked in to a bar. OUCH!

The past, the present, and the future walk in to a bar. It was tense.

Three intransitive verbs walk into a bar. They sit. They drink. They leave.

A gerund and an infinitive walk into a bar, drinking to drink.

A sentence fragment walked into a bar. Sensing something was missing.

 

Punctuation Saves Lives!

Let’s eat Dad.

Let’s eat, Dad.

I like cooking my family and my pets.

I like cooking, my family, and my pets

We’re going to learn to cut and paste kids.

We’re going to learn to cut and paste, kids.

 

screen-shot-2016-09-16-at-2-19-54-pm

A visual explanation of why you may want to use the Oxford Comma, also referred to as the serial comma (Link to Serial Comma)

 

Dear Girls,

We hate periods too.

Sincerely,

Commas

 

What is the meaning of this?!? Oh, it’s a pronoun.

Irony is when someone writes, “Your an idiot”.

 

In Search of Truth

A woman, without her man, is nothing.

OR

A woman: without her, man is nothing.

 

Knock Knock

Who’s there?

To.

To who?

It’s to whom.

WARNING – RATED PG 13

Grammar: the difference between knowing your crap and knowing you’re crap.

I would rather cuddle then make love. If you’re good with grammar you’ll get it.

Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and your uncle jack off a horse.

 

THE CROSSROADS – WORD NERDS & MATH GEEKS

 

 

screen-shot-2016-09-16-at-2-07-15-pm

 

It works, especially when they work so well together. Math & grammar matter.

Sep 16, 2016

0 Comments

About the Author

Mylinh Shattan is a writer who has lived on three continents, served in the Army, worked in corporate America, and taught in college. She loves adventures, in the world and in the mind. Literature is relevant and learning is a lifelong pursuit, so you might as well have a bit of fun along the way.

Stay Up to Date

Rise above the tedium with the TreeHouseLetter. Always learning with a bit of fun.

Latest Posts

Fall is Like a Country Music Song

3 Min read Music and memory Norman Blake, Colter Wall Poetry for Emergencies * AVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY iTunes * I'm listening to Colter Wall, titles like Corralling the Blues, Sleeping on the Asphalt, and The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie. I'm a late-comer to new...

Trailway to Heaven

3 Min read Poetry for Emergencies Autumn Farewell to a friend AVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY * Fall is my favorite season and I suppose it has something to do with trees. Today I walked through the cool, damp woods to my mother's house, listening to gentle rhythms in...

Through the Keyhole

3 Min read On laundry and language 2 Book recs Philosophy and Literature Excerpt: David Wemyss essay on speech and conversation * AVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY * * On the corner of Park and Cherry, I shared my impression of X--- with my husband. Let's say I was less...

The Ever Restless Soul

5 Min read 1 Book rec on creativity 1 Song and artist rec Mother and daughter / parent and child AVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY * This is for my friends K--- and M--- and for you, dear reader, but I suppose it's for myself more than anything. For the love of my...

Confusables, Contronyms, and Jane’s Potato Salad

2 Min read Word Nerd special Humor and the paraprosdokian Usage manual rec - The authority on grammar, usage, and style Essay rec - DFW on assignment to research the above lexicon and the Usage Wars AVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY * The limits of my language means the...

The Music in the Stories: Pavan on Borges

7 Min read Book rec, three Borges stories Argentine composer and guitarist Carlos Pavan Literature: song and story Perfect memory Music in Prose * AVAILABLE NOW ON PODCAST SPOTIFY * Probably you were expecting a young and handsome Argentine, but then here I am, the...

Beyond Grade-School Sentences: Adding Depth and Texture to Writing

4 Min read Depth and texture in writing Cumulative and suspensive sentences The Music in Prose: Ernest Hemingway, Vivian Gornick, Ralph Waldo Emerson Crayon packs and colors Toolbox, improve writing immediately * AVAILABLE ON PODCAST Spotify iTunes * Grade-school...

Topics

Inoculate yourself against the absurdity of life with a dose of the best ideas and writing. Always learning with a bit of fun.

TreeHouseLetter

Always learning with a bit of fun

 

 

Readers receive one to two letters a week, with 2 to 10 minute read time. Includes regular features:

 

The Music in Prose
Poetry for Emergencies
Toolbox

 

 

Be inspired by the best writing and ideas, and become better readers and writers in the process.

Thank you for joining! Please check your email for a confirmation.